Sprints have released 'Better' from their fab new album 'All That Is Over'

Sprints have released a new single, 'Better', taken from their forthcoming second album 'All That Is Over', which is set to arrive on 26th September via City Slang worldwide and Sub Pop in North America.

The track arrives with a video directed by Niamh Bryson. 'All That Is Over' was written largely on the road, across tour buses and soundchecks. It follows the Dublin group’s debut, 'Letter To Self'.

Karla Chubb says, "[It] sounds like a love song but definitely isn’t," adding: "It explores the idea not of liking someone better, but only liking them when they’re better. It’s tough, sad, but honest and frank. It’s an old demo that was brought back in conversation by Sam and backed by Zac. It’s inspired quite heavily by MBV, especially the Loveless album, and has touches of Big Dreams by Amyl and the Sniffers."

On the video, director Niamh Bryson comments: "When I first heard ‘Better’, I couldn’t not resonate with it. The heartbreak, the intimacy and vulnerability. The slower pace. It forces you to take a moment and to sit in your emotions, as you reflect on a time when someone made you experience them. I immediately wanted to take the feeling that it gave me and create a narrative that can echo the deeply personal and yet universal experience of heartbreak."

The dates read:

SEPTEMBER
20 Monk, Rome, Italy
26 Tower Records, Dublin, Ireland
27 Jacaranda (Outstore at Baltic), Liverpool, UK
28 Piccadilly (Outstore at Night & Day), Manchester, UK
29 Resident (Outstore at Chalk), Brighton, UK
30 Rough Trade East (sold out), London, UK

OCTOBER
1 Rough Trade (sold out), Bristol, UK
2 Banquet (Outstore at Fighting Cocks) (sold out), Kingston, UK
3 Rough Trade (Outstore at Mikropol), Berlin, Germany
17 Carnavalorock Festival, Saint Brieuc, France
18 Ouest Park Festival, Le Havre, France
19 Le Temps Machine, Joué-lès-Tours, France
21 Paloma, Nimes, France
22 Marché Gare, Lyon, France
23 Croc the Rock Festival, Etagnières VD, Switzerland

NOVEMBER
2 Empire Hall, Belfast, UK
5 The Parish, Huddersfield, UK
6 SWG3 Galvanizers, Glasgow, UK
7 Leeds Beckett Student Union, Leeds, UK
8 Albert Hall, Manchester, UK
10 Newcastle University Student Union (NUSU), Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
11 Foundry, Sheffield, UK
12 Rock City, Nottingham, UK
14 Troxy, London, UK
15 O2 Academy Bristol, Bristol, UK
18 O2 Academy 1 Oxford, Oxford, UK
20 Vicar Street, Dublin, Ireland

JANUARY
28 7th Street Entry, Minneapolis, MN, US
30 Sanctuary, Detroit, MI, US

FEBRUARY
1 Longboat Hall, Toronto, ON, Canada
3 The Sinclair, Boston, MA, US
5 Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY, US
6 The Atlantis, Washington, DC, US
7 Johnny Brenda’s, Philadelphia, PA, US
10 The Roxy, Los Angeles, CA, US
11 The Chapel, San Francisco, CA, US
13 Mission Theater, Portland, OR, US
14 The Crocodile, Seattle, WA, US

MARCH
10 Grand Mix, Tourcoing, France
11 Botanique, Brussels, Belgium
12 Melkweg, Amsterdam, Netherlands
14 Kantine, Cologne, Germany
15 Uebel & Gefahrlich, Hamburg, Germany
17 Loppen, Copenhagen, Denmark
18 Metropol, Berlin, Germany
20 Voodoo, Warsaw, Poland
21 Akropolis, Prague, Czech Republic
24 Bogen F, Zürich, Switzerland
25 Arci Bellezza, Milan, Italy
26 Strom, Munich, Germany
28 Cabaret Sauvage, Paris, France
29 Den Atelier, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
31 Skaters Palace Cafe, Münster, Germany

APRIL
1 Schlachthof, Wiesbaden, Germany
2 Club Manufaktur, Schorndorf, Germany

The tracklisting for 'All That Is Over' reads: 'Abandon'
' To The Bone'
'Descartes'
'Need'
'Beg'
'Rage'
'Something’s Gonna Happen'
'Pieces'
'Better'
'Coming Alive'
'Desire'